ANATOMIA / NECROVOROUS - Split EP (DOOMENTIA Records - 7"EP)
Hungry for some Anatomia? Well, Doomentia
Records came with a helpful hand and released a brand new EP single of these
Japanese monsters and joined them in the destruction together with Greek
Necrovorous. Now, that sounds like a stuff for me… So, I didn’t hesitate and
quickly got my copy of this split EP. Some of you may know that there are two
versions of it available, with two different artworks (great idea, by the
way!). One was done by Putrid Matt and another by David Torturdød (from
Undergand, if you don’t know)… All together there are 700 copies, with 350 for cover
of each artist, plus there are also more strictly limited EPs, like 50 copies
of splatter vinyl and other such bullshit. As I don’t give a damn about the
colours of my records I just went for the easy black vinyl and chosen Putrid
version, just because I prefer his filthy gore cover over the artwork of David,
which also is cool by the way, but somehow in this case I prefer Matt’s cover
(with all respect to David, who is also an awesome artist and I like many his
works a lot!). Great job of both guys, anyway! So, the choice of artwork is
done and now the music… Luckily here I have no choice dilemma because both
versions contain the same songs hehe. Obviously though I was very eager to hear
Anatomia again, but also I was kind of interested what will Necrovorous be
like, as I didn’t know this band so much.
So, let’s start with the Hellas. I had many
occasions to get Necrovorous music… Their debut album is easily available on
vinyl and recently someone have also released a compilation CD with their demos
and EPs or something like that… But I don’t know any of these recordings. Maybe
one day I will finally get them and give a listen, at the moment though I don’t
feel that necessity. Maybe this split EP with Anatomia will push me and speeds
up getting these previous materials, because Necrovorous song called “Eternal
Soulmates” is truly a bone crusher. Actually I like it even more that
Anatomia’s “Desolation” what already says a lot! Musically Necrovorous is a
classic brutal death metal band in the vein of Incantation, Immolation, Disma,
their countrymen from Dead Congregation and other such killer, cult bands.
These resemblances are one thing, but it’s the quality what matters most and I
am happy to say that Necrovorous turned out to be a nice surprise for me. I
mean it’s just one song, but the powerful, brutal and massive riffing, great
ghoulish vocals and killer raw, obscure production made a huge impact on me.
Simply – I love this song. It is brilliant, with damn heavy riffs, but also with
some excellent melodic parts, what can almost remind you the epic side of
Asphyx. How cannot I love it then? For me it is awesome, so I am really
interested to find some of their previous stuff as well.
And from Nippon comes the tsunami called
Anatomia… I really have discovered this band this year, getting their several
materials and really loved them all, I never got disappointed. And the same can
be said about “Desolation”, even if in case of this split I liked Necovorous’
song a little bit more… but “Desolation” is also damn awesome. It is very
doomy, very mournful and heavy piece of death metal, with almost no speeded up parts
except one motif towards the end of the song. Rest of it is just slow and
creepy. And disgusting, as this is how you can describe the atmosphere of
“Desolation”… creepy, gruesome and disgusting. I always feel amazed how this
band is able to create such mood and also how they have this ability to demolish
using so simple, but utterly brutal and memorable riffs. This is the kind of
doomy death metal devastation, which I adore and I suppose no more words are
needed here… Anatomia is Anatomia, if you like their previous stuff then
“Desolation” will also hit you badly and rip your guts out.
Final rate: 90/100
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